The Avicenna philosophy award was presented to Ayatollah Abdollah Javadi Amoli for his lifetime efforts in teaching and promoting philosophy.
The
award was presented during the opening ceremony of the conference on Islamic
Philosophy and Challenges of the Present-Day World held here on Tuesday.
Director of the Institute of Wisdom and
Philosophy of Iran Gholamreza Avani, and head of Iran’s Academy of Science Reza
Davari Ardakani were present at the ceremony.
Avani gave a short address, stating that he
regarded Ayatollah Amoli as a philosopher who has spent 40 years teaching the
subject. “This great master has trained many students in the field of Islamic
philosophy and has also compiled numerous books on this topic.
“On one hand, he collected wisdom and
mysticism together and on the other, he helped promote philosophy as a new
science in the seminaries,” he remarked.
Afterwards, the award was handed over to
Hojjatoleslam Elmi, representative of Ayatollah Amoli, who then read the
Ayatollah’s message on wisdom and philosophy for the participants.
This was part of the festival named Avicenna
Wisdom, organized by Hamedan’s Avicenna Foundation, in which five international
awards will be handed to winners during a ceremony in Hamedan on November 13.
Abu Ali Sina (c. 980 - 1037), commonly known
in English by his Latinized name Avicenna, was a Persian polymath and the
foremost physician and philosopher of his time.
He
was also an astronomer, chemist, geologist, logician, paleontologist,
mathematician, physicist, poet, psychologist, scientist and teacher.
Source:
MEHR News Agency